Last week, I shared all of my favorite rustic screened porches with you.  Why?  Because as you should well know by now, we love rustic best of all, and I thought those beautiful porches deserved their own post!  Today, I'm going to show you the rest of my "favorite screened porch collection".  You will see that no matter what your style, no matter where you... [Read more...]

As summertime is approaching (actually, not in Steamboat, it's snowing here today...), we start dreaming of ways to live outside in the coming months.  We long for bonfires, fireworks, iced tea and the sound of crickets in the air.  Well, I do at least.  Screened in porches are a long celebrated vision of summer, and today I want to share some of my favorite... [Read more...]

We are so excited to have started our Ask the Designer series this week!  Thanks so much to everyone who submitted questions to us, sorry we couldn't answer all of them!  If your question wasn't answered this week, please feel free to resubmit it in our next round of questions, or any other questions that might come up in the mean time.  This week, we decided... [Read more...]

We just can't get enough of spring right now.  It might be the fact that the snow keeps melting, the grass is starting to poke through, the trees are budding, and the temperature keeps rising... might be.  In any case, today we have some great examples of rustic springtime design.  What I love most about these spaces is that they combine reclaimed materials... [Read more...]

We were so excited to learn on Monday evening that Lynne Bier (the principal/lead designer at Home on the Range) was voted one of the top designers in Steamboat Springs in the 2013 Best of the Boat contest!  Lynne took second place in the contest (which had over 4,200 voters), coming in just behind Irene Nelson, who has been designing in Steamboat Springs for... [Read more...]

Today we are excited to have Larry Fisher guest posting for us! He is a floor guy and has lots of fun flooring tips to share with us! You can read more about Larry, and Empire Today (the company he writes for) at the end of the post. Thanks Larry! Creating a Rustic Look with Flooring and Carpet A room designed with a “rustic” appearance has great appeal;... [Read more...]

Last week we talked about one of our favorite emerging trends in design: industrial chic.  If you missed it, or just loved it so much that you want to read it again, you can find it here.  As promised, today we are going to share some ideas for industrial chic products that are both unique and versatile.  This product collection is specifically tailored to... [Read more...]

What's new in the design world these days?  Well, nothing really.  The upcycling continues, and "new to you" is still gaining momentum at an alarming rate.  We are especially fond of the most recently emerging branch of this trend: the "industrial chic" look.  I haven't actually heard it called that, that's just what I'm calling it... and I think it works.... [Read more...]

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